US Patent Issued to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG BAMBERG on May 5 for "Tailgate assembly" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,478, issued on May 5, was assigned to BROSE FAHRZEUGTEILE SE & Co. KG BAMBERG (Germany).

"Tailgate assembly" was invented by Kim Taylor (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Mark Farrugia (Clarkston, Mich.) and Ehren Mroczek (Mishawaka, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tailgate assembly including a first gate and a second gate. The first gate configured to rotate with respect to a vehicle body and the second gate configured to rotate with respect to the first gate. The second gate includes an outer panel, an injection molded carrier plate, and a drive mechanism. The injection molded carrier plate is configured to be fixed the outer panel to ...